GERRYMANDER
Scrabble letter values: G2E1R1R1Y4M3A1N1D2E1R1 = 18
Definition
- verb divide unfairly and to one's advantage.
- noun an act of gerrymandering (dividing a voting area so as to give your own party an unfair advantage).
Examples
- “of voting districts”
- “By this iniquitous practice, which is known as the gerrymander, the party in a minority in each State is allowed to get only about one-half or one-quarter of its proper share of representation.”
- “Any citizen looking at a map of district 12 could immediately tell that it was a gerrymander because of the ridiculous way it cut across 4 counties while carving up neighborhoods in half.”